Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Lynch,MP/Glasgow,JM, Alexander Bird and Stephen Mumford
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 2. Realism
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Modest realism says there is a reality; the presumptuous view says we can accurately describe it [Mumford]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 4. Anti-realism
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Anti-realists deny truth-values to all statements, and say evidence and ontology are inseparable [Mumford]
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Anti-realism is more plausible about laws than about entities and theories [Bird]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 6. Physicalism
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Nonreductive materialism says upper 'levels' depend on lower, but don't 'reduce' [Lynch/Glasgow]
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The hallmark of physicalism is that each causal power has a base causal power under it [Lynch/Glasgow]
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